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SUMMARY:NDAL Professional Intensive: Ecology-Based Landscape Practice
DESCRIPTION:This course confers 4.0 CEUs for AOLCPs. \nDiscount code available on the AOLCP portal or email the OLC Program Director. \nJoin Landscape Designer Larry Weaner and native plant expert Ian Caton on a deep dive into the integration of restoration ecology and garden design. From technical instruction to personal anecdotes in this on-demand virtual course\, Larry and Ian share over 70 years of combined experience on the fine points of designing\, planting\, and managing ecology-based landscapes. \n\n\n\n\nWhat’s Included\n\nAccess to all seven on-demand recordings from NDAL’s 2025 live Ecology-based Landscape Practice Intensive—including participant questions and real-world discussions\nParticipate in four live Conversation and Q&A sessions with instructors and peers\nNDAL’s 100+ page Ecology-based Landscape Practice Course Manual (digital) including an ecology-based plant characteristics chart\, equipment recommendations\, wildlife habitat enhancement strategies\, diagrams for planting and maintenance procedures\, and more\nNDAL Ecology-based Landscape Practitioner Certificate (Bundle only\, details below)\nContinuing education credits (CEUs)\nCommunity Forum to communicate with peers\nAdditional course materials including note-taking handouts and recommended resources\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis course is accessible for 1 year from your registration date\nLearn more and register
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CATEGORIES:Continuing Education
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SUMMARY:UMass Extension Green School
DESCRIPTION:This course confers 4.0 CEUs for AOLCPs \nUMass Extension’s Green School is a comprehensive 60+ hour certificate short course that offers fundamental land care skills training in a compact time frame. The program is designed for professional practitioners such as landscapers\, lawn care providers\, nursery operators\, public and private grounds managers\, arborists\, professional gardeners\, landscape and garden designers\, industry sales and support professionals\, and others in the green industries. Both experienced professionals as well as those new to the industry will benefit from this course. \nThe curriculum\, which emphasizes a systems-based approach to plant and land care\, is built on a framework of Best Management Practices (BMPs) and Integrated Pest Management (IPM). The curriculum seeks to promote understanding of economically efficient and environmentally sound cultural practices\, and the relation of those practices to the protection of natural resources and the health of non-target organisms. The primary learning objective is to communicate effective and efficient approaches for the production and maintenance of healthy\, resilient\, functional\, and attractive managed landscapes with simultaneous emphasis on responsibility\, sustainability\, and environmental stewardship. \nGreen School is a recognized source of high-quality horticultural training and has been successfully offered to the industry as a certificate short course since the early 1990’s. Green School graduates numbering into the thousands hold positions of responsibility for the production and maintenance of managed landscapes in Massachusetts\, New England\, the Northeast\, and beyond. \nCourse Format\nGreen School in 2026 will be an entirely online course taught by UMass Extension specialists\, UMass faculty\, and distinguished guest instructors. An online vs in-person course format offers particular benefits\, including registration cost savings due to reduced overhead\, savings on time and travel expenses\, and opportunity for those who may unable to attend in person due to other commitments\, travel restrictions or distance the ability to participate from the convenience of their own homes and offices! \nWhen? Tuesday\, Wednesday and Thursday afternoons from October 27\, 2026 – December 17\, 2026. Mandatory orientation is scheduled for October 22\, 2026\, from 4 pm – 5:30 pm. \nGeographic Disclaimer: While attendees from far and wide are welcome to join us for this virtual course\, please note that the information presented will have a geographic focus on Massachusetts and New England\, and therefore will be most applicable to those locations (contact us to discuss for further details). Note also that scheduled class times are listed in Eastern Time. Prospective students in other time zones should consider and plan ahead to manage time zone differences. \nLearn More
URL:https://nofa.organiclandcare.net/event/umass-extension-green-school/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Continuing Education
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SUMMARY:Rooted in Place Ecological Symposium: The Living Forest
DESCRIPTION:This course confers 4.0 CEUs for AOLCPs \nAttendees seeking CEUs pay a reduced registration fee of only $20 (instead of $100 for members of BBG or $130 for nonmembers) \nExplore the forests that sustain us\, and discover how we can help them thrive. \nJoin us for Rooted in Place: The Living Forest\, an engaging day of conversation\, learning\, and exploration focused on the remarkable ecological\, cultural\, and community connections that make forests essential to our lives. \nFrom carbon storage and climate resilience to tree health\, forest management and the remarkable relationships between species\, this symposium brings together ecologists\, foresters\, educators\, and land stewards to explore what makes a forest a living\, interconnected system and how we can become better stewards of it. \nWhether you manage woodland\, care for trees in your yard\, work in conservation or simply love the forest\, there will be something to discover. \n\n11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. | Forests\, Carbon and Climate Change\n12:15 to 1:15 p.m. | Still Standing: White Oak\, a Living Symbol of Liberty and Legacy\n1:15 to 1:45 p.m. | Boxed Lunch\n1:45 to 3 p.m. | Breakout Sessions\n3 to 4 p.m. | Closing Keynote\n\nLearn more and register
URL:https://nofa.organiclandcare.net/event/rooted-in-place-ecological-symposium-the-living-forest/
LOCATION:Berkshire Waldorf High School\, 6 Main St.\, Stockbridge\, MA\, 01262\, United States
CATEGORIES:Continuing Education
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